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WFXN-FM
WFXN-FM (102.3 FM) – branded as 102.3 The Fox – is a commercial mainstream rock radio station licensed to serve Galion, Ohio. Owned by iHeartMedia, Inc., WFXN-FM primarily services the Mid-Ohio counties of Richland, Crawford, and Morrow, and is the local affiliate for ''Rover's Morning Glory'' and ''The House of Hair with Dee Snider''. The WFXN-FM studios are located in Mansfield, while the station transmitter resides in Galion. Besides a standard analog transmission, the station is available online via iHeartRadio. History WFXN-FM began as WQLX on November 8, 1974. At first, WQLX simulcast WGLX (1570 AM) under the ownership of Harry Gray's Radio Galion. After only owning the station for one year, Gray had a heart attack at the age of 58, the control of the station was transferred to Joseph Billow until a sale could take place. In 1976, Maumee Valley Broadcasting owned by Ray Malone for $166,000. Malone would own the station along with sister WGLX and WNDH in Napoleon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WXXF
WXXF (107.7 FM) – branded ''107.7 The Breeze'' – is a commercial soft adult contemporary radio station licensed to Loudonville, Ohio. Owned by iHeartMedia, Inc., WXXF primarily serves the Mid-Ohio counties of Richland, Crawford, Morrow, Holmes, Ashland, and Wayne. The studios for WXXF are located in Mansfield, while the station transmitter resides in Galion. Besides a standard analog transmission, the station is available online via iHeartRadio. Formerly a full-power repeater of Galion sister station WFXN-FM, WXXF stunted with Christmas music in preparation for a new format to debut on December 26, 2019. History WXXF-FM began as WBZW in March 1990. After a failed attempt to win the construction permit for WKLM in Millersburg, Esther Martin of Apple Creek won the 107.7 Loudonville frequency as Holmes Radio. In 1991, WBZW Loudonville signed on airing a Smooth Jazz and Adult Contemporary format targeting Wooster and competing against Dix Communications owned WQKT. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WSWR (FM)
WSWR (100.1 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a classic hits format as "My 100.1." Licensed to Shelby, Ohio, WSWR serves the Mid-Ohio area. The station is owned by iHeartMedia. WSWR originated as a stand-alone signal targeting the Mansfield/Ashland area as "Crusin' 100," airing an oldies format before segueing to classic hits as "My 100.1." From January 2010 until December 26, 2011, the station was simulcast on WXXR (which previously simulcast WFXN-FM) as "My 100.1/98.3", before dropping their classic hits format in favor of a simulcast of WMAN, with both stations taking the WMAN-FM and WWMM calls, respectively. On May 3, 2012, WMAN-FM split from its simulcast and began stunting towards going back to its previous classic hits format. Following an on-air apology by regional market manager Keith Kennedy, the station officially reverted to classic hits as "My 100.1," once again claiming the WSWR calls. History WSWR-FM signed on December 1, 1981 under the ownership of Petrol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WMAN-FM
WMAN-FM (98.3 MHz) is a radio station broadcasting a news/talk format as a simulcast of WMAN (1400 AM). Licensed to Fredericktown, Ohio, WMAN-FM serves the Ashland/Mansfield/Mount Vernon Mid-Ohio area. The station is currently owned by iHeartMedia, Inc. and features programing from Fox News Radio, Compass Media Networks, and Premiere Networks. WMAN-FM (then WWMM)'s simulcast of WMAN was originally a trimulcast with WMAN-FM (now WSWR) which ended on Thursday, May 3, 2012 at noon. Prior to December 2011, the station was WXXR, which, along with Shelby-licensed WSWR (100.1 FM), programmed a classic hits format branded as "My 100.1/98.3." WSWR also featured an oldies format as "Crusin' 100." The WMAN simulcast began on December 26, 2011. The first local program on the new FM signal was aired on December 26 "Rusty Cates & the WMAN Morning News". The first live high school sports broadcast on the FM signal was aired on Thursday December 29, a girls basketball game played betw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WMAN (AM)
WMAN (1400 kHz) is an AM radio station broadcasting a News Talk Information format. Licensed to Mansfield, Ohio, United States, the station serves the Mid-Ohio area. The station is currently owned by iHeartMedia, Inc. and features programming from Fox News Radio, Compass Media Networks, and Premiere Networks. The station was first licensed December 29, 1939. Since December 26, 2011, WMAN simulcasts on WMAN-FM (98.3 FM), with WMAN-FM now taking top priority in station branding. References External links * MAN A man is an adult male human. Prior to adulthood, a male human is referred to as a boy (a male child or adolescent). Like most other male mammals, a man's genome usually inherits an X chromosome from the mother and a Y chromo ... News and talk radio stations in the United States Radio stations established in 1939 1939 establishments in Ohio IHeartMedia radio stations {{Ohio-radio-station-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WYHT
WYHT (105.3 FM) is a radio station licensed to Mansfield, Ohio, United States, the station serves the Mid-Ohio area. The station is owned by iHeartMedia, Inc. History The station signed on October 18, 1962 as a sister to now defunct 1140 AM WCLW located at 791 McPherson Street in Mansfield, Ohio and owned by Mansfield Broadcasting Inc owned by Frederick Eckardt. Simulcasting 100% of the AM station 105.3 aired a Mainstream Rock/Pop format that was a first in the area. In 1975, the company changed names to Greater Mansfield Broadcasting Inc. having Lynn Eckardt join as vice president of the company. At that time, WCLW aired a freeform format, with each DJ airing one format, from Big band to Adult contemporary to Album-oriented rock to Top 40. In 1983, WCLW-AM would become country competing against nearby WNCO Ashland, Ohio and WCLW-FM would change to a MOR format. Greater Mansfield Broadcasting would sell both WCLW-AM/FM to Cleveland lawyer and radio specialist Harrison Fuerst' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WNCO-FM
WNCO-FM (101.3 MHz) is a radio station broadcasting a country music format. Licensed to Ashland, Ohio, United States, the station serves the Mid-Ohio area. The station is currently owned by iHeartMedia, Inc. and features programming from Premiere Networks Premiere Networks (formerly Premiere Radio Networks, shortened as PRN) is an American media company, a wholly owned subsidiary of iHeartMedia, for which it currently serves as its main original radio content distribution and production arm. It .... History Then called WATG-FM, the station began broadcasting May 18, 1947, on 100.7 MHz width. It was owned by Robert M. Beer and Edgar Koehl, publishers of the Ashland Times-Gazette. References External links * NCO-FM Radio stations established in 1996 IHeartMedia radio stations {{Ohio-radio-station-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WNCO (AM)
WNCO (1340 kHz) – branded ''Fox Sports 1340'' – is a commercial AM radio station licensed to Ashland, Ohio. The station serves the Ashland, Mansfield and Mount Vernon areas, collectively identified as the Mid-Ohio region. The station is under ownership of iHeartMedia, Inc. Since September 10, 2012, WNCO runs a sports format, airing content from Fox Sports Radio and Premiere Radio Networks. It originally aired an adult standards/oldies music format from Citadel Media Cumulus Media Networks was an American radio network owned and operated by Cumulus Media. From 2011 until its merger with Westwood One, it controlled many of the radio assets formerly belonging to the American Broadcasting Company (ABC), which w ...'s Timeless satellite feed until June 14, 2009, when it switched to an all-talk format. It is also the flagship station for Ashland University Eagles football. The station signed on May 18, 1950 as WATG, owned by Ashland Broadcasting Corp. headed by R. S. Burk ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WQIO
WQIO is an FM radio station in Mount Vernon, Ohio. The station plays adult contemporary music as "The New Super Q 93.7". Currently. WQIO and its sister Good Times and Great Oldies WMVO are currently owned by BAS Broadcasting of Fremont, Ohio. History WQIO-FM and its sister station WMVO were founded by Helen E. Zelkowitz in the 1950s and remained locally owned and operated under Mt. Vernon Broadcasting until its sale in 1994. During the 70s & early 80s, the station was known as The New O94, playing Adult Contemporary music with OM/Morning host Ron Staats. In spring of 1986, along with its power increase from 20 to 50 kW, the station changed its call letters to WQIO with a live Adult-leaning CHR format. With Mike Greene as General Manager, the change was supported with new air talent and jingles, contests and promotions, and live remotes throughout the region. Some of the on air talent at the time included Jan Chamberlain, Bill Moore, Jon Zellner, Joel Riley, Tony Coles, with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Federal Communications Commission
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is an independent agency of the United States federal government that regulates communications by radio, television, wire, satellite, and cable across the United States. The FCC maintains jurisdiction over the areas of broadband access, fair competition, radio frequency use, media responsibility, public safety, and homeland security. The FCC was formed by the Communications Act of 1934 to replace the radio regulation functions of the Federal Radio Commission. The FCC took over wire communication regulation from the Interstate Commerce Commission. The FCC's mandated jurisdiction covers the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and the territories of the United States. The FCC also provides varied degrees of cooperation, oversight, and leadership for similar communications bodies in other countries of North America. The FCC is funded entirely by regulatory fees. It has an estimated fiscal-2022 budget of US $388 million. It has 1,482 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Radio Broadcasting
Radio broadcasting is transmission of audio (sound), sometimes with related metadata, by radio waves to radio receivers belonging to a public audience. In terrestrial radio broadcasting the radio waves are broadcast by a land-based radio station, while in satellite radio the radio waves are broadcast by a satellite in Earth orbit. To receive the content the listener must have a broadcast radio receiver (''radio''). Stations are often affiliated with a radio network which provides content in a common radio format, either in broadcast syndication or simulcast or both. Radio stations broadcast with several different types of modulation: AM radio stations transmit in AM ( amplitude modulation), FM radio stations transmit in FM (frequency modulation), which are older analog audio standards, while newer digital radio stations transmit in several digital audio standards: DAB (digital audio broadcasting), HD radio, DRM ( Digital Radio Mondiale). Television broadcasting ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Napoleon, Ohio
Napoleon is a city in and the county seat of Henry County, Ohio, United States, along the Maumee River 44 miles southwest of Toledo. As of the 2010 census, the city had a total population of 8,749. History The area around the town was once known as "the Great Black Swamp". This area was opened to European settlement following the Battle of Fallen Timbers in 1794, which took place about 26 miles to the east.The American Town: A Self-Portrait; Napoleon, Ohio 29:44, 1967-01-26, University of Maryland, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (WGBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC, accessed September 21, 2016. Online access in the US only. The City of Napoleon was founded in 1832 and named for French emperor Napoleon Bonaparte. The Miami and Erie Canal was finished in 1843, bringing German immigrants to the area. By the 1880s, the town had more than 3,000 residents; the population growth due in part to the town's location on the Miami and Erie Canal a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WNDH
WNDH (103.1 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a classic hits format. Licensed to Napoleon, Ohio, United States, the station is currently owned by iHeartMedia, Inc. WNDH began broadcasting in 1972 and originally featured a beautiful music format, which has been updated over the years to an adult contemporary sound. The station switched to Clear Channel's Classic Hits format in early September 2014, with the former AC format moving to sister station 98.1 WDFM. The station's coverage area in Northwest Ohio includes the cities of Defiance, Bryan, and Wauseon, in addition to Napoleon. Broadcast tower The WNDH broadcast tower is located near the intersection of County Road J and Township Road 15 in Flatrock Township in Henry County, Ohio. Its coordinates are 41.3, -84.156111. Programming WNDH is affiliated with IHeartRadio, NBC News Radio and features a classic hits format. WNDH also broadcasts Ohio State Buckeyes football and men's basketball, as well as local high school ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
